1. How various pedagogies
Might approach the same assignment
Group Member Names

2. Assignment: Volcano PowerPoint
• How might this assignment be shaped by:
– Behaviorist
– Constructivist
– Cognitivist
– Pragmatist
– Multiple Intelligence

3. Instructions
• Alone, list three ways each pedagogy might
approach the same lesson
• Join a group and increase the list to 6 or 7+
• Peek at the pre-listed approaches and copy/paste
the ones you like best to your lists to reach 10 –
12 approaches total
• Delete the pre-listed approach slides
• Upload to Slideshare
• Embed it on the class wiki

4. Behaviorist
and the Volcano PowerPoint
-Charting and graphing forms of volcano
-use rubrics with detailed expectations
-Step by step process delineated
-deadlines clear
-formative and summative assessments

5. Constructivist
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Online collaboration
• Digital cameras/recorders
• Build a model volcano
• Discuss how early people felt about volcanoes
• Read stories and myths about volcanoes

6. Cognitivist
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Outside reading required
• Written analysis of information
• Predict what might happen to our town if a
volcano erupted near by
• Build model of earth’s geological structures

7. Pragmatist
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Students create a volcano survival kit
• Students create a play to demonstrate events
• Journal writing relating personal experiences
• field trip to study land formations

8. Multiple Intelligence
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Collaborate to decide what the best way to be safe
during emergency
• Create online website to tell a story of event
• Communicate with students in country that
experiences eruptions
• Use gps to find nearest active and inactive volcanoes
• Field trip to petrified forest to study effects of
geological disturbances
• Map the forest after the volcanic eruption in petrified
forest

10. Behaviorist
 Standardized, detailed rubric
 Specific expectations as to facts,
figures, charts, diagrams, illustrations
 Specific slide totals and design
requirements
 Step by step execution and design
 Precise deadlines; mid-unit
benchmarks
 Detailed assessment of product

11. Constructivist
 More background and context
building
 Reasons for studying volcanos
 Dramatic stories of previous
volcanoes
 Comparison of volcanos to other
events
 Discussion of the human toll

12. Cognitivist
 Background preparation would
include intensive study and research
 Outside reading required
 Respond with analysis to written
literature and study
 Speculation of volcano impact
 What if… scenarios

13. Pragmatist
 Field trips
 Disaster relief
 Escape and rescue techniques
 Warning signs and likelihood
 Preparedness
 Hard facts from previous volcanoes
 alternative mediums in addition to or
instead of PowerPoint

14. Multiple Intelligence
 One slide on each intelligence
 An interpretative presentation that
includes multimedia and audience
interaction
 Supplementary materials brought in as
part of the presentation
 Opportunities to use alternative
mediums in addition to or instead of
PowerPoint